Major Works
Guide of the Perplexed
- Recommended translation: The Guide of the Perplexed. Translated with an introduction and notes by Shlomo Pines.With an introductory essay by Leo Strauss. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. Originally composed in Arabic, in 1190.The Guide presents the Law and philosophy as espousing two different, even contradictory views of the world. The perplexity induced by these two different worldviews is Maimonides’ main subject in the Guide.
Commentary
Shmuel Ibn Tibbon’s Criticism of the Maimonidean Theory of Intellect
-Sermoneta, Giuseppe. “Shmuel Ibn Tibbon’s Criticism of the Maimonidean Theory of Intellect.” Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress of Jewish Studies. Jerusalem, 1972: 315-19.
On The Guide of the PerplexedSamuel Ibn Tibbon and the Esoteric Character of The Guide of the Perplexed
-Ravitzky, Aviezer. “Samuel Ibn Tibbon and the Esoteric Character of The Guide of the Perplexed.” Association of Jewish Studies Review 6 (1981): 87-23.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonidean Studies Journal
- New York : Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press, 1990-Maimonides’ Demonstrations: Principles and Practice
-Stern, Josef. “Maimonides’ Demonstrations: Principles and Practice.” Medieval Philosophy and Theology 10 (2001): 47-84.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides after 800 Years: Essays on Maimonides and His Influence
-Maimonides after 800 Years: Essays on Maimonides and His Influence. ed. Jay M. Harris. Cambridge, Mass. & London. 2008.
Leo Strauss on Maimonides
-Strauss, Leo. Leo Strauss on Maimonides: The Complete Writings. Ed. Kenneth Hart Green. Chicago, U Chicago Press, 2013.